Immersive Virtual Reality eHealth Intervention to Reduce Anxiety and Depression in Pregnant Women: Randomized Controlled Trial

Marta Jimenez-Barragan   ¹ , BSc, MA, PhD ;   Amparo Del Pino Gutierrez   ¹ , BSc, MA, PhD ;   Gloria Sauch Valmaña   ² , BSc, MA, PhD ;   Olga Monistrol   ³ , RN, MSc, PhD ;   Carme Monge Marcet   ⁴ , BSc ;   Mar Pallarols Badia   ⁴ , MBBS, MA ;   Ignasi Garrido   ⁵ , BSc, MA, PhD ;   Anna Carmona Ruiz   ⁶ , MBBS, MA ;   Oriol Porta Roda   ⁷ , MBBS, MA, PhD ;   Cristina Esquinas   ^{1 *} , BSc, MA, PhD ;   Gemma Falguera Puig   ^{8 *} , BSc, MA, PhD

¹ Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

² Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Institut Universitari per la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain

³ Departament of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Campus Igualada, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain

⁴ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Assistential Foundation Mútua Terrassa, Mútua Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain

⁵ Psychiatry and Mental Health Service. Eating Disorder Unit, Mútua Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain

⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fundacio Assitencial Mollet, Mollet, Spain

⁷ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mútua Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain

⁸ Primary Care Group, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), Research Group Atenció a la Salut Sexual i Reproductiva (GRASSIR), Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain

*these authors contributed equally